Ball joint

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1998-06-12

2000-08-08

Kim, Harry C.

Joints and connections

Articulated members

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403122, F16C 1106

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060991925

ABSTRACT:
A ball joint has a ball (10) mounted within a ball socket (14) in a body (16). The ball is normally retained in place behind a throat (30) of the socket, but the ball also has a radial projection (32) which will ensure that the ball is held captive in the socket, even after so much wear has taken place that the diameter of the throat is increased. If this does happen, the flange (32) will be retained behind a shoulder (44). In an unworn state, the ball (10) is retained between a bearing surface in the upper spherical part of the socket, between the throat (30) and the shoulder (44) and a pressure pad (48) on the inside of a cap (20) which closes the socket at one end. A pin (12) attached to the ball (10) can freely move within a substantially circular cone as permitted by the radius of the throat (30).

REFERENCES:
patent: 2860899 (1958-11-01), Gottschald
patent: 4332500 (1982-06-01), Smith, Jr. et al.
patent: 4679957 (1987-07-01), Bauer
patent: 4974985 (1990-12-01), Glatzel

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